• Question: What is the impact of micro plastics in our environment today

    Asked by byron to Chris, Georgina, Kristi, Laura, Livia on 14 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Laura Ginesi

      Laura Ginesi answered on 14 Nov 2017:

      I wish I knew more about this, but have to say I’m still learning about it.

      One thing i do know is that plastics debris is being broken down by wave action and UV light into tiny micro particles. These are polluting marine environments like estuaries, shorelines and open waters around the world.

      I think that many people seem to have an “out of sight and out of mind” mentality and don’t want to think about the plastic rubbish they throw away.

      There are some worriesome numbers about just how much of these particles are getting into marine food chains. nano-sized particles are getting inside cells and causing the kinds of damage and molecular changes that suggests they are toxic. Things like poor rates of growth and reproduction suggest that cells and organisms are under stress.

      We need to learn more about it!

    • Photo: Livia Carvalho

      Livia Carvalho answered on 15 Nov 2017:

      i would say they polute our oceans , nature dies, stay for ages in the environment as it doesnt get degraded so quickly…so yes a lot of impact!

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